[issue42454] Move slice creation to the compiler for constants

[Batuhan Taskaya]

Batuhan Taskaya <isidentical at gmail.com> added the comment:

As a side effect, we also now fold some esoteric cases which are not very common. Like;
"""
test
"""[1:-1]

We reviewed only optimizing this a while back and decided these are not that common to add a code path. Just wanted to mention that now we optimize these away without any extra additions / maintenance cost.

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